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ICT4D Week 2018

Thursday, June 21, 2018

Seven cities across the
federation would play host to series of workshops dedicated to nonprofit and
social enterprises interested in applying for the 2018 Google Impact Challenge
Nigeria, courtesy of Paradigm Initiative partnership with Google, reports ITRealms.

The workshop, ITRealms gathered is being organized by
Paradigm Initiative on behalf of Google in Aba, Abuja, Lagos, Kano, Jos, Port
Harcourt and Yola between June 25 and 27, 2018.

Director
of Programmes, Paradigm Initiative, Tope Ogundipe, confirmed this to ITRealms, saying that the Google Impact
Challenge is an important project design to empower Nigerian nonprofits and
social enterprises with important resources to help deepen their work.

“The application
workshops will help prospective applicants understand what the challenge is all
about, its rules and the intricacies of putting forward a strong application,”
she declared.

Ogundipe
also said that Google is looking for 12 most innovative nonprofits and social
enterprises in Nigeria and Paradigm Initiative wants to ensure that everyone
doing great work in their communities stand a chance to making the cut.

“This is why we are
organizing the workshop in all the 6 geopolitical zones and the federal capital
territory. Great ideas are everywhere and we hope all the worthy ideas are able
to compete on an equal footing. Those interested in the workshop can go to our
website paradigmhq.org to register,” she said.

Ogundipe
further said that the Google Impact Challenge Nigeria is an open invitation to
nonprofits, social enterprises and businesses in Nigeria to share their vision
for innovative ways to make our community stronger and create social impact,
with a specific focus on increasing economic opportunity.

ITRealms equally gathered that judges
for the 6-month challenge would include MI Abaga, John Momoh, Parminder Vir
OBE, Kanu Nwankwo and Mo Abudu.